When the former owner, or whoever did to my car what they did, had the seats redone, they used the same material to re-cover the armrests. So, the three armrests that came with the car are all like that. And I am satisfied with the color and work that has been done, so I figured I could do the same to the 4th armrest that I got on ebya.
But from the factory they were made like you describe.